April Accomplishments

At the beginning of April, I didn’t quite realize just how busy I was going to be, and how much I’d struggle to take time for my writing. But I still managed to accomplish quite a bit

Here’s what I did in April:

• Wrote 32 poems
• Submitted 18 poems
• Submitted my chapbook manuscript
• Wrote and submitted a nonfiction piece
• Researched my NaNoWriMo 2012 project, albeit sporadically.
• Made substantial progress on my epic poem. It’s not finished yet. There is so much revision I need to do. But I’m headed in the right direction.

I did not

• Finish my poetry table

So while I wrote fewer poems this month than I did elsewhere this year, I’d say that, overall, April has been my most productive month to date. Especially since one of my goals (writing and submitting nonfiction) was not even on my list!

My plans for May are as follows:

• Continue with my write/revise/submit practice for poetry
• Finish and submit one fiction piece from my in-progress list (which I took a break from in April)
• Continue to research my NaNoWriMo project
• Finish my poetry table
• Perform a substantial revision of my epic poem

I’m looking forward to this next month, and the work that emerges.